FX Announces New Channel, Renews 'Justified', and Greenlits New Series

March 29, 2013 (8:32 am) GMT

'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia', 'The League' and 'Legit' will move to new channel FXX, which will target younger audience.

FX is going to broaden its audience by announcing a new channel that is geared toward a younger crowd. At its upfront presentation on Thursday, March 28, the network confirmed its plans to launch FXX on September 2.

Late night program "Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell", which will expand to five nights a week, as well as acquired shows like "Freaks & Geeks", "Arrested Development", "Rescue Me", "Sports Night" and "How I Met Your Mother", will also help launch the new channel. A fourth comedy will air on FXX, possibly picked from one of FX's half-hour pilots.

FX will additionally present its first limited series. One of them is "Fargo" from MGM Television and the Coen brothers. Based on the 1996 Academy Award-winning movie of the same name, "the series will follow a new case and new characters, all entrenched in the trademark humor, murder and 'Minnesota nice' that has made the film an enduring classic."

"Grand Hotel" from "Skyfall" helmer Sam Mendes, meanwhile, is currently in development at the network. "Mayflower" from Paul Giamatti, "Mad Dogs" from Shawn Ryan, and "Sutton" from Alexander Payne are also currently in development, while new shows "The Bridge", "Tyrant" and "The Strain" will debut later this year.

With the new channel FXX, FX Networks will expand across three networks: FX which focuses on the adults 18-49 demographic, FXX which targets younger adults (18-34) and FXM which is geared toward slightly older crowd (25-54).